In the Second Reading of this coming Sunday, we have one of the most powerful passages from St Paul's Letter to the Philippians ( 2:1-11). It is all about HUMILITY and how humility LEADS us to JOY through BEING ONE in JESUS.  HUMILITY is the foundation of our Christian life. St Paul encourages us to live a humble life, imitating Jesus' own humility: "Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, HUMBLY REGARD OTHERS AS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOURSELVES, each looking out not for his own interests but also for those of others.  Have in you the SAME ATTITUDE that is also in CHRIST JESUS...  who, though He was in the form of God, emptied Himself taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, He HUMBLED HIMSELF, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.  I suggest that you keep asking God to grant you the virtue of humility by praying daily the inspirational

LITANY OF HUMILITY written by Cardinal Del Val, Cardinal Secretary to Pope Pius X:
 
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
 
From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, O Jesus
 
From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the desire of being praised, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the desire of being preferred to others, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the desire of being consulted, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the desire of being approved, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the fear of being humiliated, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the fear of being despised, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the fear of suffering rebukes, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the fear of being calumniated, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the fear of being forgotten, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the fear of being ridiculed, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the fear of being wronged, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
From the fear of being suspected, Deliver me, O Jesus.
 
That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
 
That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
 
That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
 
That others may be chosen and I set aside, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
 
That others may be praised and I go unnoticed, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
 
That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
 
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
 
With St Paul, let us ask : "JESUS, help complete our JOY by keeping all of us humble like You, being of the same mind, with the same love... United in Your Heart!"

 
 One in Christ,

Father Alain